Postgraduate: Course rule and topic information

Graduate Diploma in Cultural Heritage Management

(GradDipCultHMgmt)

Program of Study

INTRODUCTION

The Graduate Diploma in Cultural Heritage Management is a 36-unit program offered by the Faculty of Education, Humanities, Law and Theology. The course is offered on a fee-paying basis and may be taken over two semesters full-time, or the equivalent part-time.

The Graduate Diploma in Cultural Heritage Management articulates with the 18-unit Graduate Certificate in Cultural Heritage Management and the 72-unit Master of Cultural Heritage Management.

COURSE AIMS

The course aims to meet the research needs of graduates with an interest in cultural heritage management. It aims to increase the theoretical knowledge, research skills and practical skills required to develop appropriate depth of understanding of issues in cultural heritage management in a number of specialisations. Students will undertake core topics in management, project management, and legal issues relevant to cultural heritage management. They may also select electives based on their specific interests.

The course draws on both theoretical and practical material and provides the opportunity for students to apply both the principles and the practical skills developed during the course.

Upon graduating, students will be equipped to:

• enter the workforce as skilled and knowledgeable cultural heritage professionals;
• understand the diverse nature of cultural heritage management and have a range of practical skills relating to the management of cultural heritage;
• understand major issues of managing interactions between visitors and heritage sites, including site management, interpretation and visitor management;
• undertake their work in an ethical way within the fields of cultural heritage management and/or sustainable tourism practice;
• understand and interpret Federal and State Government legislation relating to cultural heritage;
• develop tenders and bids and manage cultural heritage or cultural tourism projects.

COURSE RULE

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Applicants must normally hold an approved degree or equivalent qualification in Archaeology, Tourism or a closely related discipline from an approved tertiary institution. Under exceptional circumstances and subject to specific conditions, the Faculty Board may admit others who can show evidence of fitness for candidature.

CREDIT

Students who have successfully completed the requirements of the Graduate Certificate in Cultural Heritage Management receive 18 units of specified credit towards the course.

Unspecified credit to a maximum of 12 units may, under certain circumstances, and subject to specific conditions, be granted for candidates who show relevant and extensive experience.

The maximum credit which will be granted to any combination of the Graduate Certificate in Cultural Heritage Management and relevant experience will be 24 units.

PROGRAM OF STUDY [January, 2008]

To qualify for the Graduate Diploma in Cultural Heritage Management a student must complete 36 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the following program of study:

Core Topics

ARCH8303	Issues in Cultural Heritage Management	6
ARCH8508	Directed Study in Cultural Heritage Management	6
	and 6-9 units from:
ARCH8014	Issues in Indigenous Heritage Management	6
ARCH8107	Underwater Cultural Heritage: Legislation, Management and Interpretation	9
ARCH8113	Management of Coastal Water Resources	9
TOUR8501	Heritage and Tourism Essentials	6
	and 6 units from:
LEGL8101	Cultural Heritage and the Law	6
LEGL8102	Law and Urban Change: The Impact of Built Heritage	6
TOUR8201	Essentials of Interpretation	6
	and 6 units from:
LEGL8004	Business Fundamentals	3
LEGL8105	Business Applications	3
LEGL8106	Risks: Identification and Management	3
PROF8000	Professional Writing for Team Projects	3
PROF8001	Grants and Sponsorship Proposals	3
PROF8002	Successful Tendering	3
PROF8003	Contemporary Case Study	3
PROF8004	Project Management: Developing a Business Plan	3
PROF8005	Project Management Essentials	3
PROF8007	Project Management - Budgets	3
PROF8008	Preparing Professional Presentations	3
PROF8009	Project Marketing Principles	3

Elective topics

3-6 units from:

ARCH8014	Issues in Indigenous Heritage Management	6
ARCH8101	Maritime Archaeology in Australia	6
ARCH8102	Coastal and Underwater Archaeology	6
ARCH8301	The Museum	6
ARCH8302	Historical Archaeology of Australia	6
ARCH8304	Historical Archaeology Field School	6
ARCH8305	Archaeological Field Methods	6
ARCH8306	Indigenous Australian Archaeology Field School	6
ARCH8307	Introductory Archaeological Geophysics	6
ARCH8308	Human Osteology	6
ARCH8501	Ethnoarchaeology in Aboriginal Australia	6
ARCH8502	Australian Rock Art Field School	6
ARCH8503	Advanced Rock Art Field School	6
ARCH8504	The Archaeology of Art	6
ARCH8509	Indigenous Australian Archaeology	6
ARCH8513	Cultural Heritage Practicum, OR	3
ARCH8513A	Cultural Heritage Practicum	6
ARCH8515	Issues in Archaeology, Ethics and Globalisation	6
CUTU8101	Essentials of Festival and Event Design and Management	6
CUTU8507	Sense of Place	6
ENVS8001	Managing Environments	6
ENVS8003	Environment Systems	6
ENVS8004	Australian Environmental Change	6
ENVS9001	Urban Environment Management	6
ENVS9003	Sustainable Environmental Management	6
HIST8002	Heritage and Community History	6
LEGL7004	Policy Analysis: Legal Issues	6
LEGL8004	Business Fundamentals	3
LEGL8101	Cultural Heritage and the Law	6
LEGL8102	Law and Urban Change: The Impact of Built Heritage	6
LEGL8105	Business Applications	3
LEGL8106	Risks: Identification and Management	3
LEGL8107	The Australian Legal Environment	3
PROF8000	Professional Writing for Team Projects	3
PROF8001	Grants and Sponsorship Proposals	3
PROF8002	Successful Tendering	3
PROF8003	Contemporary Case Study	3
PROF8004	Project Management: Developing a Business Plan	3
PROF8005	Project Management Essentials	3
PROF8007	Project Management - Budgets	3
PROF8008	Preparing Professional Presentations	3
PROF8009	Project Marketing Principles	3
TOUR8201	Essentials of Interpretation	6
TOUR8202	Interpretation Practice	6
TOUR8203	Applied Interpretation	6
TOUR8205	Tour Guiding	6
TOUR8206	Service Excellence in Business	6
TOUR8501	Heritage and Tourism Essentials	6
TOUR8504	Museums and Audiences	6